60 years old! This is such a lackluster pick. How disappointing. One of the few ways to build a legacy, and wasted at best.
It is clear that Bush did NOT consult with his conservative base on this pick... or if he did he just flipped them the finger.
Is this Bush's way of partially getting back at all the criticism of Gonzalez from the right back in the summer before Roberts was picked?? As if to say: you guys kept me from picking one good friend then, but you are not gonna keep me from picking another good friend this time?
And yes, that would mean he values personal loyalty over loyalty to his base. No surprise there.